Monthly archives: March 2005

One of the fundamental moments at which the group got frustrated at the video being filmed was when Martin got stuck in fesh fesh, a fine powdery sand. A problem with filming these sorts of events is that you aren’t actually helping! It applies everywhere – I remember that I […]

The experience of the shop at Zagora was another example of how crucial these sequences are for the film. The interaction in the shop was great, with Paul and Martin taking the opportunity to ‘do the shopping’ in one swoop. I was never even pestered, having discovered that the camera […]

When we wake up, we realise that we are being watched, by a young girl. Bare in mind we are in the middle of nowhere, and there is no-one else around. I think that it may be a trap, as Paul and I cheekily stole firewood from beside a village […]

I guess that it is this part of the journey which I hated most, and was really difficult to edit. When Paul’s shock absorber goes on the Algerian border, I childishly lose my temper. It is only in retrospect that I realise that, and it is harsh to have to […]

This part of the film is titled ‘The Day We Got Lost and The Man Who Broke Down’. As the title suggests, there was plenty of drama. This is the sort of day where things just pop up and change the scheme of things in your mind. I believe that […]

After a journey through an evolving landscape, we end up setting up camp in a river bed near Ighrem. It is here that I find a giant bone that I decide to take back to England for the archaeology department at work. They are less impressed than I was at […]

It is Good Friday and we spend the day heading further across the Atlas. Paul has a spark plug problem and for a while we are held up on the road to Sidi Farr. It is frustrating, as I film the event to illustrate the dependency that we have upon […]

We make a fairly easy ascent into the Atlas mountains and I begin to get excited that the landscape is changing dramatically, which is exciting for my feature. I certainly wasn’t expecting snow in Africa! I start to witness much more begging than before, and it immediately feels difficult. I […]

I loved being in this city. The challenge here was to somehow capture its vibrancy, which was practically impossible. The problem is that the atmosphere is built by the smells, the sounds and the chaos that surrounds the medina. This is incredibly difficult to capture and my only solution was […]